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It is a SELECTIVE DIFFERENTIAL media used for the groth of Corynebacterium diphtheria.
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Crystal violet in the MacConkey agar?
MacConkey's agar refers to a culture medium that is designed to selectively grow Gram-negative bacteria. It contains crystal violet dye, which inhibits certain Gram-positive bacteria.
How do you determine when a loop is cool?
Touch it to the sterile agar in a plate. If it melts the agar, it is still hot. If it doesn't melt the agar, then it is cool enough.
What is melting point of agar?
85C
In the diffusion of liquids through agar what characteristic of liquid determines the rate at which it will travel through the agar?
The size of the molecules.
What is the liquid medium of a solution?
Yes, blood is a liquid in its normal state.
Potassium tellurite agar?
Potassium tellurite agar is selective for the growth of Staphylococci and is somewhat selective for the growth of Corynebacteria. Staphylococci and Corynebacteria reduce the potassium tellurite in the agar, which makes the colonies grow black.
What is selective about Baird Parker agar?
The selectivity of the medium is due to Lithium Chloride and a 1% Potassium Tellurite Solution, suppressing growth of organisms other than staphylococci.
What kind of medium is blood agar plate?
Differential medium.
A common medium used for growing fastidious bacteria is?
Blood Agar, and trypticase soy agar grows semi fastidious
What type of semisolid medium is used to grow bacteria?
Agar is a semi solid medium used to grow bacteria.
Is blood heart infusion agar a defined or a complex medium?
Blood agar is enriched medium which are complex media to which an extra nutrient source (such as blood in this case) is added to encourage the growth of fastidious heterotrophs.
What type of culture medium is agar beef heart and human blood?
Complex medium
What is a culture medium consisting of agar human blood and beef heart?
Complex medium
What is the name of the medium used to culture bacteria that is thought to be strep?
Streptococcus is commonly found in most routine cultures using blood agar plates. The medium is most commonly called BAP, sheep's blood agar or SBA for short.
What is nutrient agar?
simply agar medium
Why is blood agar not useful a primary isolation medium?
Agar should be sterile and have limited nutrition for a primary isolation. Agar derived from blood would most likely encourage the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms, making it difficult to isolate the population you are interested in
What is non-nutrient agar?
simply agar medium
